# What fictional character are themselves rabid fanboys? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200 "2005-03-25T14:07:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/1 "2005-03-25T14:07:36Z")
Russell T Davies, producer/writer of **Queer as Folk** invented a QOF character named Vince Tyler, who is a bleeding heart fan of **Doctor Who**. This was written before Davies become producer of Who, by the way. In addition, I also recall there is an Otaku no video (anime fanboy) on one of those teen drama shows now. Oh, and Buddy from **The Incredibles**. Is that all? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/2 "2005-03-25T14:15:08Z")
The Trio (Warren, Andrew and Jonathan) on Buffy are rabid fanboys of…well, just about anything. Off the top of my head, Star Wars, James Bond and many comics. EVERYONE in the Buffyverse was a fanboy of Jonathan’s, but only for one episode (_Superstar_). There’s some indication in the last season that Xander is a closet fanboy with better social skills. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/3 "2005-03-25T14:17:00Z")
Curse you, WhyNot, and your rapid posting! I was about to mention the Nerdly Trio and Xander. Well, fine. Buffy’s an Icecapades fangirl, and Willow used to write Doogie Howser fanfiction. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/4 "2005-03-25T14:18:10Z")
The Simpsons have Comic Book Guy, (recently named something) and Bart and Milhouse are rabid fans of Radioactive Man. On the Drew Carrey show, (the sitcom not Who’s Line) the tall friend was a huge fan of Babylon 5. ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/5 "2005-03-25T14:22:02Z")
Ignatius J. Reilly from _A Confederacy of Dunces_ is a rabid fanboy of Boethius. And wasn’t Miniver Cheevey a rabid fanboy of classical literature? Maybe I’m misremembering; I’m not sure. And Evan Dorkin’s Eltingville Club are pure, distilled fanboy, no question. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/6 "2005-03-25T14:22:13Z")
Let’s See… still in the Buffyverse, Angel’s a Barry Manilow fan. Charles Gunn is a closet superhero geek, we can infer, as he’s the one that always cracks the superhero-related comments. Over in Star Trek, Picard has a thing for the Noir genre. Charles Tucker is a classic-cinema fan, particularly scifi/horror. On Freakazoid, Freakazoid’s pseudo-sidekick was Fanboy. Everybody in Kevin Smith’s movies is a comics fanboy or fangirl. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/7 "2005-03-25T14:42:08Z")
Judge Stone on _Night Court_ was a huge Mel Torme fan. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/8 "2005-03-25T14:53:10Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The Simpsons have Comic Book Guy, (recently named something)\ Louis Lane :Sigh::Worst “not cannon” ever! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/9 "2005-03-25T14:54:27Z")
I meant to post this link as a cite: [http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get\_topic;f=52;t=001390;p=1](http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=52;t=001390;p=1) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/10 "2005-03-25T14:57:32Z")
**Syndrome** from _The Incredibles_. When he tosses out lines like: “I’m still geeking out about it!” or “Lame lame lame lame LAME!” or “I dunno, that sounds a little dark for you.” You just **know** he’s got a box of comix in his closet all bound up and labelled properly. And he has Star Wars (the original release) on Laserdisk from Hong Kong or something. He’s one of us. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/11 "2005-03-25T15:00:59Z")
Jay and Silent Bob. Not to mention Brodie. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/12 "2005-03-25T15:08:11Z")
Jonathan Chance, I don’t mean to offend, but you are posting what sounds like speculation based on dialog. I am all for that when it comes to speculation about thing tat are murely implied. However, there _is_ no need to speculate about Syndrome’s being a fanboy based on the way he talks, as per my OP, Buddy is a fanboy, no speculation needed, and he is the same person as Syndrome. Sorry to be so anal retentive, but I am. Anal retentive, that is. What a :wally I am. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/13 "2005-03-25T15:19:21Z")
The Lone Gunmen. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/14 "2005-03-25T15:34:10Z")
There’s Michael (Hal Sparks) from the American Queer as Folk. He’s a superhero fanboy instead of Dr. Who. Seth Cohen on The O.C. is a big fanboy, and Zach - who dated his ex, Summer, for a while - is one as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/15 "2005-03-25T15:55:00Z")
Dynamite Dan from Grant Morrison’s recent Seven Soldiers #0 is a superhero fanboy, having gained his powers by buying a Golden Age hero’s power rings off eBay. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/16 "2005-03-25T16:45:12Z")
Both Wally West and Barry Allen were comic book fanboys, paticularly of the Flash, and thus knew what to do when they themselves gained superspeed. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/17 "2005-03-25T17:09:35Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The Simpsons have Comic Book Guy, (recently named something) Jeff Anderson. > [@](#): > > On the Drew Carrey show, (the sitcom not Who’s Line) the tall friend… Lewis. Jerry Seinfeld was a Superman fanboy. And of of the guys on _Stargate SG1_ is a Simpsons fanboy. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/18 "2005-03-25T17:20:36Z")
Eric Foreman on _That 70’s Show_ is a Star Wars fanboy. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/19 "2005-03-25T17:50:36Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > The Simpsons have Comic Book Guy, (recently named something) > and Bart and Milhouse are rabid fans of Radioactive Man. And of course, Bart and Lisa both watch Krusty the Clown, but Bart’s the true fan! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200/20 "2005-03-25T18:11:08Z")
Red Mage from [8-bit theater](http://www.nuklearpower.com/) is an RPG fanboy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-character-are-themselves-rabid-fanboys/296200.md?page=2)